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Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates25 July (heats)
26 July (final)
Competitors38 from 31 nations
Winning time7:37.00
Medalists
gold medal Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia
silver medal Samuel Short   Australia
bronze medal Bobby Finke   United States
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009
Competition record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 25 July at 11:32.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Samuel Short   Australia 7:40.90 Q
2 3 1 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 7:41.97 Q
3 3 3 Lukas Märtens   Germany 7:42.04 Q
4 4 6 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:43.81 Q, NR
5 4 4 Bobby Finke   United States 7:43.87 Q
6 4 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:44.07 Q
7 4 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:44.89 Q
8 3 2 Guilherme Costa   Brazil 7:45.80 Q
9 3 4 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 7:45.87
10 3 9 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 7:46.55 NR
11 4 8 Luca De Tullio   Italy 7:46.87
12 4 0 Dávid Betlehem   Hungary 7:47.02
13 4 7 Damien Joly   France 7:47.44
14 2 6 Kim Woo-min   South Korea 7:47.69 NR
15 2 2 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 7:47.93
16 2 7 Alfonso Mestre   Venezuela 7:48.66 NR
17 3 6 Elijah Winnington   Australia 7:49.24
18 3 8 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:50.46
19 4 1 Ross Dant   United States 7:54.23
20 4 9 Pacome Bricout   France 7:55.20
21 2 3 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 7:55.72
22 2 4 Luke Turley   Great Britain 7:55.84
23 3 7 Daniel Jervis   Great Britain 7:55.92
24 3 0 Fei Liwei   China 7:56.69
25 2 5 Carlos Garach   Spain 7:59.52
26 2 8 Bar Soloveychik   Israel 7:59.65
27 2 9 Aryan Nehra   India 8:00.76 =NR
28 2 1 Eric Brown   Canada 8:01.41
29 1 5 Khiew Hoe Yean   Malaysia 8:05.11 NR
30 2 0 Zac Reid   New Zealand 8:06.94
31 1 4 Righardt Muller   South Africa 8:07.08
32 1 3 Mai Trần Tuấn Anh   Vietnam 8:08.56
33 1 6 Glen Lim Jun Wei   Singapore 8:09.90
34 1 2 Ratthawit Thammananthachote   Thailand 8:14.87
35 1 7 Eduardo Cisternas   Chile 8:18.06
36 1 1 Rodolfo Falcón Jr   Cuba 8:20.35
37 1 0 Líggjas Joensen   Faroe Islands 8:41.85
38 1 8 José Campo   El Salvador 8:57.60
4 2 Felix Auböck   Austria DNS

Final edit

The final was held on 26 July at 20:02.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 7:37.00
  4 Samuel Short   Australia 7:37.76 OC
  2 Bobby Finke   United States 7:38.67 AM
4 6 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:39.19 ER
5 3 Lukas Märtens   Germany 7:39.48 NR
6 7 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:43.08
7 8 Guilherme Costa   Brazil 7:47.26
8 1 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:53.68

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2023.
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